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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Млечный Путь, запуск и посадка http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1469293/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Devin Boggs
Explanation:
The Milky Way doesn't look quite this colorful and bright to the eye,
but a rocket launch does.
So a separate deep exposure with a sensitive digital camera was used in
this composite skyscape to bring out our galaxy's central crowded
starfields and cosmic dust clouds.
In the scene from Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, a nine
minute long exposure begun about 20 minutes after the
Miky Way image recorded a rocket
launch and
landing.
The Falcon 9 rocket, named for the Millennium Falcon of Star Wars fame,
appropriately launched a
Dragon
resupply ship to the International Space Station
in the early morning hours of May the 4th.
The plume and flare at the peak of the launch arc mark the rocket's
first stage boost back burn.
Two shorter diagonal streaks are the rocket engines bringing the Falcon 9 stage
back to an offshore landing on autonomous drone ship
Of course I Still Love You.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.